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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

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